Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,13-16
Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”
Peace to all my brothers and sisters listening in today
Today I would just like to share a story that I’ve often repeated but warrants another listen. It’s a true story that really brings the message of today’s gospel out in a special way. The story is called What Is The Meaning of Life?
It is about a Greek philosopher and teacher who ended his lecture asking, “Are there any questions?” In the audience was Robert Fulghum who asked, “Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?”
Fulghum relates: “The usual laughter followed, and people started to go. Dr Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at him for a long time, asking with his eyes if he was serious and seeing from his eyes that he was, he said: ‘I will answer your question,’ Then taking out his wallet from his hip pocket, he fished into it and brought out a very small, round mirror, about the size of a quarter. Then he said, ‘When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found several broken pieces of a mirror from a wrecked German motorcycle. I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one. And by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would not shine – in deep holes and crevices and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find. I kept the little mirror, and as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what my life could be. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of the light. But light – truth, understanding, knowledge – is there, and it will only shine in many dark places if I reflect it.
‘I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have, I can reflect light into the dark places of this world – into the black places in the hearts of men – and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.’
“And then he took his small mirror and, holding it carefully, caught the bright rays of daylight streaming through the window and reflected them onto his face and onto his hands folded on the desk.”
Today let us reflect God’s love and light in to that one person in our life who really needs it
May God bless you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Always remember heaven is our goal
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